Tag: ehr
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CHIME, others want feds to take their time with health IT regulation
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, the American Medical Informatics Association and a bevy of other healthcare information technology stakeholders want the federal government to tread carefully in its efforts to regulate the industry. read more …read more Source: CHIME, others want feds to take their time with health IT regulation
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Patient data protection: Let’s get back to basics
Looking to keep your patient's data safe? You'd be wise to remember that human error often lies at the core of a breach, and build your efforts from there. read more original article source From: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/patient-data-protection-lets-get-back-basics/2013-06-24?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
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Surgeons in Spain first to put Google Glass to the test
We've already heard doctors' predictions for using Google Glass in healthcare, but overseas in Spain, some surgeons have put the “augmented reality” technology to the test. read more …read more Source: Surgeons in Spain first to put Google Glass to the test
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Medical ontology helps automate image-retrieval system
How do you train a computer to effectively retrieve medical images? Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH claim some success as part of an effort to build a large-scale… read more …read more Source: Medical ontology helps automate image-retrieval system
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Premier Hires HCA Supply Chain CIO
The Premier healthcare alliance has hired Leigh Anderson as its new Informatics & Technology Services (ITS) Chief Operating Officer. Most recently Anderson served as Information Technology & Services CIO for the Hospital Corporation of America's supply chain division and as CIO at HealthTrust, a group purchasing organization for hospitals. The Premier healthcare alliance has hired…
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Twitter for mobile feasible for capturing real-time dietary intake, behavior
Twitter combined with mobile devices are a more effective method for capturing real-time food consumption and diet-related behavior to identify relationships between dietary and behavioral factors… read more …read more Source: Twitter for mobile feasible for capturing real-time dietary intake, behavior
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CHIME execs: IT-as-a-service could save $11 billion
Healthcare providers could reduce costs by nine percent–$11 billion–over the next three years through the adoption of IT-as-a-service models, according to a report by the public-private partnership… read more …read more Source: CHIME execs: IT-as-a-service could save $11 billion
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The Path to Healthcare Interoperability Standards
I’ve been thinking a lot about the issues associated with healthcare interoperability. One of the biggest excuses/problems out there is the idea of interoperability standards. Healthcare certainly has plenty of interoperability standards, but adoption and implementation of the actual standards has been the major issue. I do think that meaningful use and EHR certification is…
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Health IT App Increases Mobility
At HIMSS 13, Will Morris, MD, associate chief medical information officer at Cleveland Clinic, unveiled the organization’s new patient care app that is a hea… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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HCS INTERACTANT Receives ONC HIT Certification
Health Care Software has announced today that INTERACTANT v6.9 is compliant with the ONC 2011 Edition criteria and was certified as an EHR Module on June 3, 2013, by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology. The ONC 2011 Edition criteria support the Stage 1 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals…